1:06 AM,
Jan. 18, 2013

General Motors' plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt will get cheaper when the time comes for its next generation, a GM executive says.

Written by

Chris Woodyard
USA Today

General Motors' plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt will get cheaper when the time comes for its next generation, a top GM executive says.

Instead of shoehorning the electric powerplant into a conventional GM compact-car platform, the next Volt will be purpose-built. That will allow the ability to better package the batteries and other specialized components, said Mark Reuss, president of GM North America.

"The next generation will be even better," he vowed. And, if it is purpose-built, there are "thousands of dollars that can come out of it." ...